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The Unknown Story of the Dominican Tuskegee Airman

Did you know one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen was Dominican? His name is Esteban Hotesse and he was a part of a group of soldiers who protested racial segregation in the armed forces. We invite you to subscribe…

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Uptown Time Machine: In The Heights Final Broadway Show

Our Uptown Time Machine takes us back to January 9, 2011 to the final In The Heights showing on Broadway. Uptown own’s Lin-Manuel Miranda rapped his speech and dropped some prophetic gems. Check it out……

#TBT: Lin-Manuel Miranda in Washington Heights (2008)

A month after his musical, ‘In The Heights’, opened on Broadway in 2008, Lin-Manuel Miranda took MTV News on a walk around the neighborhood. We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page…

The Uptown Tweet of the Week: #Facts

2020 really started in 2016. — BosleyBos (@Bosleybos) December 10, 2020 We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter & Instagram or e-mail us at [email protected].…

The Uptown Tweet of the Week: #InTheHeights Drops 06/18/21

The long-anticipated #InTheHeights film will be released concurrently in theaters and on @HBOMax on June 18, 2021! https://t.co/oKw2l2zG3e — BroadwayWorld (@BroadwayWorld) December 4, 2020 We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter & Instagram or…

The Uptown Tweet of the Week: #Goosebumps

#Goosebumps. @Lin_Manuel @JonMChu pic.twitter.com/o8cyJP9T24 — In The Heights Movie (@intheheights) January 10, 2020 Related: In The Heights Movie Mania Takes Over Dyckman We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow…

I Love My Hood - Dister - Washington Heights - Santo Domingo

The Uptown Tweet of the Week: La Película

-Me, crouched on 175th street, picking up my dog’s sh** -Neighbor, with child: “Mira, ese es Lin-Manuel de la película In The Heights!” -Me, suddenly cheerful, waving a bag of dogsh**: “¡Si, la PELÍCULA!”#InTheHeightsMovie — Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) December…

In The Heights Movie Mania Takes Over Dyckman

The trailer for the much-anticipated In The Heights movie may have made its official premiere elsewhere but on Wednesday, December 11 the cast and crew were welcomed home with a raucous and spirited affair at 809 on Dyckman. To…

Uptown Talk: Gimlet’s The Horror of Dolores Roach Season 2

Oh snap people, just in time for Halloween, Dolores Roach is back for season 2. With blood on her hands, the infamous Dolores Roach has fled the recent shocking destruction in Washington Heights and gone into hiding deep under…